Last Thursday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized the 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rule, which includes a 3.34% decrease to the schedule's conversion factor, setting it at $32.74, a $1.15 decrease from 2023.
The agency finalized other increases for visits including primary and longitudinal care, and...
Last week, Senator Patty Murray (D., Wash.) and Representative Frank Pallone, Jr. (D., N.J.) released a letter asking for stakeholder input on a potential federal public health insurance option, commonly known as the public option. The request comes just as President Joe Biden unveiled his proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2022 in which he...
